The High Court · 2025

Sri. N. Thirupathi Rao, S/o. Retired employee, RYo. Plot Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Late N. No.'1 0'1 , Venkateswarlu, Aged about 69 years, Occ. Sagar Co-Operative Society, Road No.2, ..PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad.

2. Telangana State Southem Power Distribution, Corporation Limited, Vidyut Soudha Somajiguda, Hyderabad. Rep.by its Chairman -cum-Managing Director.

3. The Superintending Engineer, Telangana State Southem Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad.

4. The Divisional Engineer, Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Kukatpally, Hyderabad.

5. The Assistant Divisional Engineer, Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Madhapur, Hyderabad.

6. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep. by its Commissioner, Tank Bunk Road, Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT of MANDAMUS directing the respondents No.2 to 5 to act in accordance with law and to release service connections along with electrical meters to the petitioner herein for Plot bearing No.697, in Survey No.'l 1/14, to 1 1/18, admeasuring 300 Sq. Yards or 250.80 Sq. Mts, situated at Sri Swamy Ayyappa Co-Op, Housing Society ltd., Khanamet Village, Serilingampally Mandal and Municipality, Ranga Reddy District, without being influenced by the instructions of the 6th respondent. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section '151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents No.2 to 5 to release service connections along with electrical meters to the petitioner herein for Plot bearing No.697, in Survey No.11114, to'l 1/18, admeasuring 300 Sq. Yards or 250.80 Sq. Mts, situated at Sri Swamy Ayyappa Co-Op, Housing Society ltd., Khanamet Village, Serilingampally Mandal and Municipality, Ranga Reddy District, without being influenced by the proceedings of 6th respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI B.SHIVA RAM SHARMA Counsel forthe Respondent No.1 : GP FOR ENERGY Counsel for Respon dents No.2to5, "*,*Rlt.toffi- REDDY, Counsel for Respondent No.6: SRI RAPARATHI VENKATESH, SC FOR GHMC The Court made the following: ORDER I HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA WRIT PETITION No.3481 ot 2O25 ORDER: Heard Sri Shiva Ram Sharma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Energy appearing on behalf of respondent No.1, Sri N. Sreedhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for TGSPDCL, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.z to 5 and Sri Raparthi Venkatesh, learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appearing on behalf of respondent No.6.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under: "...to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents 2 to 5 to act in accordance with the law and to release service connections along with electrical meters to the petitioner herein for Plot bearing No'697, in Survey No.11/14, to 11/18, admeasuring 300 Sq' Yards or 250.80 Sq. Mts, situated at Sri Swamy Ayyappa Co-Op, Housing Society ltd., Khanamet Village, Serilingampally Mandal and Municipality, Ranga Reddy District, without being influenced by the instructions oF the 6th respondent and pass such other relief .'". 2 SN, J wt, 3481 2025

3. It is represented by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that the subject issue in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the order of this Court dated 2L.01.2025 passed in W.P.No.1499 of 2OZS and hence, the petitioner is entitled for the similar relief as extended to the petitioner in W.P.No.1499 of 2025 dated 21.01.2025.

4. The learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.2 to 5 does not dispute the said submission made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner.

5. Taking into consideration the circumstances of the case and the submissions made by both the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearang on facts and I behalf of the respondent Nos.2 to 5 and for the reasons alike in the above referred order passed by this Court in W.P.No.1499 ol 2025 dated 21.O1.2025, the Writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent Nos.2 to S to receive the application of the petitioner seeking electricity servace connection to petitioner's subject premises and further to consider the request of the petitioner for -) wP l48l 2025 release of electricity service connection to the petitioner in accordance to law, in respect of petitioner's subject property i.e., Ptot bearing No.697, in Survey No.11l14, to L1-lL9, admeasuring 3OO Sq. Yards or 25O.8O Sq' Mts, situated at Sri Swamy Ayyappa Co-Op, Housing Society Itd., Khanamet village, Serilingampally Mandal and Municipality, Ranga Reddy District, within a period of four (O4) weeks, from the date of receipt of a copy of th's order. In the event the respondents 2 to 5 after due consideration pass orders on petitioner's application releasing the subject electricity service connection, t*re' same shall be subject to further direction that may be issued by the State of Telangana or the Apex Court in the Iitigation pending before it arising out of the order dated L2.O9.2OL2 passed in Writ Petition No'2O4O7 of 2OO8 and batch. However, there shall be no order as to costs' The miscellaneous applications, iF any pending, shall stand closed. SD/.A.V.S. P ASSTSTANT REGIS R /TTRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER D r B R Am b ed ka r re ra ns a n a Distribution, Corporatlon U:,:#,?t, !?f,Tii'fl;, 5,lijfl X, ?"fr1}I'"iX' , 2rhechairm,r9.,g^l[Tiy#g3'V,Et",]il3',fli,Yit*,ti[,i",:tl;I"I"H:: . 4. The Divisional Engineer' Telangana State^Southern Power Distribution " U;;;il;'ii.itda' Kukatpallv' Hvderaoao' U?o'"iL?J'l[[ii:S,',,lSI,?",1;JSiil€,i,ii[l?:,"tYfr""'gf#er Distribution \ To, \r--' I -7 \ :fl i'38;"0:""rnPower g'uut"' Hyderabad Municipal Corporation' Tank Bunk 'If,,fii15'f t'"?"#:?,:'JE[qi:::''n]5LX]ffi A The Commissioner' - Road, HYderabao' 7. One CC to SRI B SHIVA RAM SHARMA' Advocate tOPUCi 8. Two CCs to GP FOR ENERGY' High Court for the State of Telangana' [OUTI 9. One CC to SRI N SREEDHAR REDDY' SC FOR TGSPDCLiTRANSCO' sc FoR GHMC toPUcI ,,..t;;"'::. sRr RAPARATHT 11.Two CD CoPies. 'ENKATESH' BSK BS Yx ) \ I I f ( HIGH COURT DATED:0610212025 ( oR -T H ? S { t4 c o I I 14 Fi8 207:5 ,, o a f Ftgc ORDER WP.No.3481 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS \\ .uda k*